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For lovers of Westerns The Unholy Trinity delivers all the good guys vs bad guys, gun fighting, fist fighting, fast horse riding action you could ever want. For lovers of Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson this is also for you as both are omnipresent in the sweeping vistas of Montana used in this film.
Australian born Director Robert Gray returns for another Western adventure after his previous directorial endeavor on the prairies in Murder at Yellowstone City and as Executive Producer of the ill fated Rust. This time with greater success.
The film begins at the hanging of Henry Broadway’s (Brandon Lessard) father for a crime he claims he did not commit and he mobilises Henry to seek revenge on the man who has framed him, the Sheriff of a town called Trinity. Upon arriving at the town however Henry discovers from the new Sheriff (Pierce Brosnan) that the old Sheriff is dead. Henry meets St. Christopher (Samuel Jackson) and he discovers his father’s past connection with the town. He also encounters Gideon (Gianni Capaldi) who is agitating for the arrest of an indigenous woman (Q’orianka Kilcher) believing that she killed the old Sheriff. He is also accosted by an angry gang of bandits, gets involved in the shooting of a sex worker (Katrina Bowden) and begins to discover the deeds of his father.
Lee Zachariah’s (also Australian born) script is a little confusing in the first half but more sound in the second half. Cinematographer Thomas Scott Stanton employs the Montana landscape to great visual effect using it to form a stunning visual backdrop. Both Brosnan and Jackson are now in their seventies, and while both have been in better films, they are still active and professional in their roles (and sport impressive facial hair). The rest of the cast are also solid in their performances.
The Unholy Trinity throws back to another cinematic era when Westerns ruled the frontier, even the title tries to invoke that period, and those films still resonate with many. While The Unholy Trinity is not on the level of the best of that era, it will find an appreciative audience.
Reviewed by Rob McKinnon
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